Pub Date : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.1108/ijtc-09-2022-0224
A. Hasan
Purpose This study aims to explore customers’ green hotel revisit behaviors, proposing the theory of repeat purchase behavior. Design/methodology/approach An empirical study is conducted through a questionnaire survey method, using personal interview survey approach in Bangladesh. In all, 401 usable data is collected from participants who have visited green hotels before. The following data are analyzed through partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) using Smart PLS 3.3.3. Findings Results of the study have raveled that habitual attachment and emotional attachment are significantly related to green hotel revisit intentions (behavioral intention) and revisiting a green hotel (actual behavior). The result also has uncovered that green hotel revisit intentions significantly impacted revisiting a green hotel. Moreover, the study results exert that green hotel revisit intentions partially mediate the relationship between habitual attachments, emotional attachment, and revisiting a green hotel. Originality/value The current study enriches green hospitality literature by uncovering the integrated effects of habitual attachment and emotional attachment on customers’ revisit intentions and behaviors in the green hotels’ context.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.1108/ijtc-10-2022-0238
Baizuri Baharum, M. Zahari, M. Hanafiah, M. Bashir
Purpose The importance of shopping streets has long been considered a critical aspect of urban tourism. However, limited exploration focuses on the supply side, especially from the tour operator’s (TO) perspective. This paper aims to investigate TOs’ perceptions and attitudes towards packaging Tuanku Abdul Rahman Street (TARS) as an urban shopping spot in Kuala Lumpur. Design/methodology/approach Study data is gathered through qualitative in-depth interviews among 25 TO managers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The coding process was done manually, followed by qualitative data analysis using ATLAS.ti version 8 software. Findings The results show that the TOs regarded TARS as a must-visit shopping spot for international tourists. They argue that TARS’s competitiveness as a shopping street depends on the supporting infrastructure and safe environment, which are currently neglected by the relevant authorities and jeopardise the sustainability of TARS as a must-visit shopping street in the future. Practical implications This study’s findings generate value-added information on the potential of shopping tourism and TARS as must-visit shopping streets in Malaysia. On the other hand, the TOs’ concern about the lack of supporting infrastructure and unsafe environment generates varying consequences and implications for the individual TOs, tourism policymakers and government-related authorities. Originality/value This study offers new insight for urban tourism policymakers, managers and entrepreneurs to capture the attributes of a vibrant shopping street. There is exclusive potential for local tourism operators to take greater responsibility in shopping tourism planning processes and management operations through trustworthy planning partnerships among respective tourism stakeholders related to the shopping street domain.
购物街的重要性一直被认为是城市旅游的一个重要方面。然而，有限的探索集中在供应方面，特别是从旅游运营商(TO)的角度来看。本论文旨在调查TOs的观念和态度包装Tuanku Abdul Rahman街(TARS)在吉隆坡的城市购物点。设计/方法/方法研究数据是通过对马来西亚吉隆坡的25位TO经理进行定性深入访谈收集的。编码过程是手工完成的，然后使用ATLAS进行定性数据分析。Ti版本8软件。结果表明，TOs认为TARS是国际游客必去的购物地点。他们认为，TARS作为购物街的竞争力取决于配套的基础设施和安全的环境，而这些目前被有关当局忽视，并危及TARS作为未来必去购物街的可持续性。实际意义本研究的发现为购物旅游和TARS作为马来西亚必去购物街的潜力提供了增值信息。另一方面，旅行社对缺乏配套基础设施和不安全环境的担忧，对个别旅行社、旅游政策制定者和政府相关部门产生了不同的后果和影响。原创性/价值本研究为城市旅游政策制定者、管理者和企业家提供了新的见解，以捕捉充满活力的购物街的属性。通过与购物街领域相关的各自旅游利益相关者之间值得信赖的规划伙伴关系，当地旅游经营者在购物旅游规划过程和管理操作中承担更大责任的潜力是独一无二的。
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Pub Date : 2023-05-18DOI: 10.1108/ijtc-07-2022-0171
Alba Viana-Lora, M. Nel-lo-Andreu
Purpose This paper aims to analyse Barcelona City Council's tourism policy documents to detect how, through the influence of research, different pathways are produced to achieve social impact. Design/methodology/approach Using the case study approach, a qualitative content analysis is applied to review 31 tourism policy documents of Barcelona City Council. Findings The results show that the influence of tourism research on Barcelona City Council's policy documents occurs through the following pathways that drive potential social impact: the development of shared research programmes, joint projects, the creation of information exchange platforms, support for academia, the creation of debates, the founding of institutes, the referencing of scientific articles and studies commissioned directly by the City Council from higher education bodies for implementation in the city. Originality/value The originality of this paper is to highlight the social relevance of research and to contribute to raising awareness among researchers. The social impact of research is an under-explored topic in the field of tourism. Moreover, there is little research that conducts this analysis through policy documents.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-16DOI: 10.1108/ijtc-05-2022-0132
Pei-Ti Chen
Purpose This study aims to examine the public’s acceptance of film-induced tourism and develops the relationship among placement marketing, involvement, place attachment and travel intention. The film Your Love Song shot in the Hualien and Taitung regions in Taiwan was selected as the case study. Design/methodology/approach An online sample survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire, and statistical tests and overall structural equation modeling analysis using the SPSS and AMOS statistical software packages, respectively, were performed. Findings This study results demonstrate that destination placement marketing has a significant positive effect on the level of destination involvement, place attachment and travel intention of viewers. Moreover, the level of involvement has some intermediary effect on the interrelationship between placement marketing and travel intention. Hence, this study suggests that relevant government agencies and tourism operators should promote local tourism through films and television shows and attract more tourists by retaining the original shooting scenes. Originality/value While previous studies have only analyzed two or three of the four concepts of film-induced tourism, placement marketing, travel intention, involvement and place attachment, this study completely integrates these four concepts and proves the correlation between them.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-16DOI: 10.1108/ijtc-09-2022-0223
E. Olmos-Martínez, Miguel A. Alvarez-Carmona, Ramón Aranda, Ángel Díaz-Pacheco
Purpose This study aims to present a framework for automatically collecting, cleaning and analyzing text (news articles, in this case) to provide valuable decision-making information to destination management organizations. Keeping a record of certain aspects of the projected destination image of an attraction (Cancun in this study) will grant the design of better strategies for the promotion and administration of destinations without the time-consuming effort of manually evaluating high quantities of textual information. Design/methodology/approach Using Web scraping, news articles were collected from the USA, Mexico and Canada over an interval of one year. The documents were analyzed using an automatic topic modeling method known as Latent Dirichlet Allocation and a coherence analysis to determine the number of themes present in each collection. With the data provided, the authors were able to extract valuable information to understand how Cancun is presented to the countries. Findings It was found that in all countries, Cancun is an important destination to travel and vacation; however, given the period defined for this study (from July 2021 to July 2022), an important part of the articles analyzed was concerned with the sanitary measures derived from the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides, given the rise of violence and the threat of organized crime, many articles from the three countries are focused on warning potential tourists about the risks of traveling to Cancun. Originality/value The examination of the relevant literature revealed that similar analyses are manually performed by the experts on a set of predefined categories. Although those approaches are methodologically sound, the logistic effort and the time used could become prohibitively expensive, precluding carrying out this analysis frequently. Additionally, the preestablished categories to be studied in press articles may distort the results. For these reasons, the proposed framework automatically allows for gathering valuable information for decision-making in an unbiased manner.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-11DOI: 10.1108/ijtc-09-2022-0212
Francesc Fusté-Forné
Purpose Food markets have gathered a growing attention by tourism researchers and practitioners in recent years. Many destinations have placed food markets as a tourism attraction which allows visitors to discover a territory through its food. Drawing on the understanding of markets as identity and tourism icons, this paper aims to analyze the role of urban food markets in the different stages of the tourist experience from a visitor perspective. Design/methodology/approach To achieve this, a qualitative design was implemented to interview 18 tourists who visited for the first time the city of Palermo, the capital of the Mediterranean island of Sicily, Italy. Findings The results of this study show the factors that drive the motivations, the experiences and the satisfaction of visitors to food markets and provide relevant perspectives into the management and marketing of food tourism in urban environments. Originality/value The originality of this paper lies on the understanding of the relationships between visitor experiences and urban food markets.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-27DOI: 10.1108/ijtc-05-2022-0135
Kaushik Samaddar, Sanjana Mondal
Purpose Drawing on the UTAUT-2 model, the study attempts to accentuate the role of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) based tourism products and services in enhancing responsible travel behaviour (RTB). This paper aims to examine the emergence of AR- and VR-based tourism in emerging economies, outlines the issues and contributing factors and discusses possible mitigation measures. Design/methodology/approach Following the triangulation method of research, a dual study involving both focus group discussions and questionnaire-based surveys were undertaken. The grounded theory approach was adopted to develop a structural framework followed by an empirical validation process. Findings Critical dimensions such as performance anticipation, effort anticipation, referent power, facilitating factors, perceived value and perceived risk were found as antecedents of behavioural intentions (BIs) towards adopting AR- and VR-based tourism products. Moreover, cultural involvement and marketing stimuli emerged as moderating factors driving the BI towards RTB. Practical implications This paper outlines key elements that contribute to the adoption of AR- and VR-based tourism products and services in emerging economies, which would enable marketers and practitioners to strategize their tourism offerings. Originality/value The study takes a dual perspective of both tourists and tour operators and presents a critical overview of the AR- and VR-based tourism industry, taking an emerging economies’ perspective. The study further attempted both the triangulation method and grounded study approach for establishing a hypothetical framework, which is a unique attempt in itself.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.1108/ijtc-12-2021-0242
H. Mekonnen, S. Mekonen
Purpose Ecotourism has emerged as a new hope of the tourism sector and is expected to overcome past pitfalls of mass tourism. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to assess the potentials and challenges of ecotourism development in the historic and sacred sites of North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through interview, household questionnaire, field observation and focused group discussion. The collected data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS version 23) and Excel. Findings Based on household’s perception, churches and monasteries were mentioned as the main (17.58%) ecotourism attractions that have crucial role in ecotourism development in the area followed by biodiversity resources (17.23%) and Holy Water (16.01%). These existing ecotourism potentials and opportunities were discussed on the basis of five dimensions, i.e. historical and sacred attractions, biological attractions, cultural attractions, infrastructures and institutional potentials. The mean score values of a five-point Likert scale level of agreement or disagreement of respondents were between 2 and 4.5, implying overall responses of respondents spread between agree and strongly agree. Originality/value The findings reveal that although the historic and sacred sites of the area have potential ecotourism opportunities, different anthropogenic activities are affecting its development. The researchers recommended awareness creation programs, promotion of sites, development of infrastructures, employments of well-trained professionals and allocation of sufficient budgets as a mechanism to use the ecotourism potential and solving the existing challenges.
生态旅游已成为旅游业的新希望，有望克服过去大众旅游的缺陷。因此，本文的目的是评估埃塞俄比亚北谢瓦地区历史和圣地生态旅游发展的潜力和挑战。设计/方法/方法通过访谈、入户问卷、实地观察和焦点小组讨论收集数据。收集的数据使用SPSS version 23和Excel进行分析。调查结果:根据居民的认知，教堂和修道院是该地区主要的生态旅游景点(17.58%)，对该地区生态旅游发展具有关键作用，其次是生物多样性资源(17.23%)和圣水(16.01%)。从历史和神圣景点、生物景点、文化景点、基础设施和制度潜力五个维度对这些现有的生态旅游潜力和机会进行了讨论。受访者同意或不同意的五点李克特量表的平均得分值在2到4.5之间，这意味着受访者的总体反应在同意和非常同意之间。原创性/价值研究结果表明，虽然该地区的历史和神圣遗址具有潜在的生态旅游机会，但不同的人为活动正在影响其发展。研究人员建议提高意识、推广景点、发展基础设施、雇用训练有素的专业人员和分配足够的预算，作为利用生态旅游潜力和解决现有挑战的机制。
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Pub Date : 2023-04-06DOI: 10.1108/ijtc-03-2022-0076
A. C. Coutinho, Wilker Ricardo Nóbrega
Purpose Studies examining public insecurity and tourism tend to develop their research from the tourist's perspective, thereby focusing on its consequences, which insufficiently and poorly contribute to the development process. With that in mind, the purpose of this study is to discuss the root causes of public insecurity and the urban development process surrounding tourism dynamics in Brazil's northeast region. Design/methodology/approach The complexity method was used to collect both documentary and normative data to understand the reality beyond the data on accommodations and vertical real estate developments over time. These data were organized in ArcGIS (version 10.5) and are discussed within the context of urban development, public insecurity and tourism theories. Findings The results of this study demonstrate that the relationship between tourism and public insecurity is rooted in discussions surrounding the urban development process, remodeled by the physical and symbolic dimensions surrounding the production of space. Nevertheless, the symbolism of tourism is not a constant when it comes to socio-spatial changes but rather acts as a physical and secondary dynamic throughout the entire reconfiguration process. Originality/value The findings of this study indicate that this study can be used for the elaboration of security policies in tourist destinations in Latin America that present high levels of violence, considering the discourses at implementing urban legislation.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-29DOI: 10.1108/ijtc-05-2022-0117
P. Yeap, M. Liow
Purpose This paper aims to determine the significance of tourist walkability on three community-based tourism sustainability indicators, namely, the economic, social and environmental benefits and costs impacting community’s quality of life through the lens of the triple bottom line approach with the institutional theory. Design/methodology/approach This study views institutions as either enabling or restricting the sustainable community-based tourism because institutions influence resource integration and value assessment by the beneficiary. Moreover, institutions also lead the co-creation of sustainable community-based tourism among various stakeholders. Drawing on this conceptualisation, the notion of sustainable community-based tourism is filtered through the lens of institutional theory. Thus, this work approaches sustainable community-based tourism as a dynamic process of co-creating a tourist destination formed by different actors’ and institutions within the ecosystem of the tourist destination. Meanwhile, the triple bottom line benefits and costs experienced by the overall community would produce net effects on the residents’ perceptions of sustainable tourism. Findings This paper classifies both tangible and intangible costs and benefits because of tourist walkability and its triple bottom line trade-offs experienced by tourists and residents. This paper penetrates new grounds by reviewing the triple bottom line impacts of tourist walkability on residents’ quality of life. Government policies as mediating variable and national culture and individual personalities of tourists and residents as moderating variables were discussed. A conceptual framework named Tourist Walkability Sustainable Tourism Impact on Residents (TWSTIR) is proposed. Finally, a Sustainable Community-based Tourism Strategic (SCBTS) model which is based on the two dimensions of intensity of tourist walkability and residents’ quality of life is proposed. Research limitations/implications Research limitations may include a lack of assessment on political, technological and legal issues, and therefore, future research is warranted in these three areas. Some emotions and attitudes of the residents may not be captured since the Gross National Index (Gross National Happiness) may have its inherent blind spots. Practical implications This paper would be of interest to the scholarly world, as its original idea and concluding research agenda are burrowing into a new sub-field of tourism research. In view of growth and degrowth of sustaining community-based tourism, the SCBTS model is presented to provide directions for tourism policymakers and entrepreneurs to formulate and implement appropriate strategy for the tourist walkability activity per se and investment in the accompanying infrastructure. Social implications This paper also presents the sacrifices and inequities in the communities and the relevance of government policies, national culture and individual pers
目的运用制度理论的三重底线视角，确定游客步行性对影响社区生活质量的经济、社会和环境效益和成本三个社区旅游可持续性指标的意义。本研究将制度视为促进或限制可持续社区旅游的因素，因为制度影响受益者的资源整合和价值评估。此外，机构还领导各利益相关者共同创造可持续的社区旅游。借鉴这一概念，可持续社区旅游的概念是通过制度理论的镜头过滤。因此，这项工作将可持续社区旅游视为一个动态过程，共同创造一个旅游目的地，由旅游目的地生态系统内不同的参与者和机构形成。同时，整个社区所经历的三重底线收益和成本将对居民对可持续旅游的看法产生净效应。本文对旅游可步行性的有形和无形成本和收益进行了分类，并对游客和居民所经历的三重底线权衡进行了分类。本文通过考察旅游可步行性对居民生活质量的三重底线影响，开拓了新的领域。以政府政策为中介变量，以游客和居民的民族文化和个性为调节变量。提出了一个旅游可步行性对居民的可持续旅游影响的概念框架。最后，提出了基于游客可步行性强度和居民生活质量两个维度的可持续社区旅游战略模型。研究限制/影响研究限制可能包括缺乏对政治、技术和法律问题的评估，因此，未来的研究需要在这三个领域进行。由于国民幸福总值(Gross National Index, Gross National Happiness, Gross National Happiness)有其固有的盲点，因此可能无法捕捉到居民的一些情绪和态度。这篇论文将引起学术界的兴趣，因为它的原始思想和结论研究议程正在深入研究旅游研究的一个新的子领域。鉴于可持续社区旅游的增长和衰退，本文提出了SCBTS模型，为旅游政策制定者和企业家制定和实施适当的旅游可步行性活动本身和相关基础设施投资策略提供指导。本文还介绍了社区的牺牲和不公平，以及政府政策，民族文化和游客和居民的个人个性的相关性，其中旅游政策制定者和以旅游和旅游业繁荣的社区的关注不应被忽视。这篇论文的观点和讨论是原创的。本文探讨了旅游研究的一个新的子领域。旅游可步行性对居民的生活质量既有积极的影响，也有消极的影响。开发TWSTIR框架是为了讨论可持续社区旅游范围内游客步行性、三重底线概念和居民生活质量之间的关系。提出了SCBTS模型，为旅游政策制定者和企业家制定适当的旅游可步行性活动和相关基础设施投资策略提供参考。
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